Library+Policies+and+Procedures

The purpose of the policy and procedures manual is to provide a guide for the operation of the Dater Montessori School Library Media Center. The manual will be updated as changes are made in the library media center.
 * Dater Montessori Library Media Center Policies and Procedures **
 * __Purpose __**


 * __Mission Statement of Dater Montessori School Library Media Program __**

The mission of Dater Montessori School Library Media Program is to ensure that students are effective users of ideas and information. The library media center strives to provide the school community with a wide range of materials on appropriate levels of difficulty that will encourage growth in knowledge, establish a life-long love of reading, and foster information literacy.

My goals as the media specialists are:
 * __Objectives __**

1. To teach students to access, evaluate, and use information.

2. To maintain a well-balanced collection of media appropriate to the needs of the school.

3. To provide assistance in locating and using instructional materials.

4. To promote instruction in information literacy to students and faculty.

5. To provide instructional materials that will stimulate growth in factual knowledge and literary appreciation.

6. To manage a planned program and a welcoming environment.

7. Actively collaborate with teachers and create cross curricular activities

Dater Montessori Library Media Center is open from 8:45 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. every school day. Special arrangements are made for 9-12 students not attending library media class during the regular school day. Students may check out//return books Tuesday or Thursday mornings from 8:45-9:10 or during the 11:15 – 12:05. Students must come with a purpose for learning or a classroom pass to use computers. Faculty members are welcome to browse and pick up materials in person or notify a librarian of needs via email, or phone. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Student patrons of the library media center must follow the established rules of acceptable behavior listed below. Failure to comply will result in the following consequences.
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Library Media Center Hours of Operation __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Student Conduct __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Rules __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">1. Use a quiet voice so as not to disturb other media center patrons.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">2. Take care of all library media center materials.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">3. Keep hands, feet, and objects to self.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">4. Leave food and drink outside the library media center.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">5. Turn in a signed completed Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) form and follow Internet AUP guidelines.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">6. Listen and follow directions of the media center.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">1. Verbal warning from a media center staff.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 26.4px;">Consequences __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">2. If a student continues misbehavior, the student’s seat will be changed.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">3. If changing the seat does not work, I will discuss with student about the behavior one on one and state to child that if it continues a phone call to parent will be made.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">4. If misbehavior is severe, the student will be sent to the office.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Kindergarten – 6th grade classes have a weekly fixed time to visit the library media center for 50 minutes. These students may checkout book(s) for a period of two weeks.
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Scheduling __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Kindergarten 1 book (kept in classroom) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">1st grade -6th 2 books

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Faculty members needing any of the following services or needing additional information regarding these services and programs are encouraged to contact the library media specialist: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Book Fairs <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Computers/Internet <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">A-V Equipment <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Professional Development <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Information Literacy Skills <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Technology Integration <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Projects Computer Lab <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Library Media Web Page <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Library materials are circulated using the automation program, Destiny. A web-based part of the program provides look-up stations in the media center and classrooms. A website ( <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">) provides access to classrooms and homes to review account and to look up books, links to pertinent educational sites, and announcements, and media center events. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Elementary books must be returned to the library to renew checkout. Renewals are limited to two. Special permission for more materials may be granted when necessary for an assignment. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Reference materials are to be used by students in the library media center. Teachers may borrow reference materials for use in the classroom when necessary. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Faculty may checkout unlimited numbers of materials as long as needed. Periodicals and equipment must be signed out at the circulation desk if taken outside the library media center. Items should be returned after use so that others may use them. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Refunds can be given if book is return within the school year. Once the school year ends (last day of school), <span style="font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">refunds are not given after a lost book is found the following school year. The cost of the lost book has been submitted to your child’s student fees account. ( I cannot reverse those charges). <span style="font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">The students’ accounts are cleared every new school year, regardless of past due books, or lost books. The lost book charges will be charged to student’s PowerSchool account.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 26.4px;">Programs and Services __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Management __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Books __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Reference Materials __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Faculty Checkouts __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Refunds __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Overdue notices will be notated on your child’s report card at the end of each quarter and semester. To help students learn to be responsible, no new loans will be permitted until overdue materials are returned.
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Overdue and Fines __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">If a book is lost or damaged, the book must be replaced or paid for before additional books can be checked out. Payment for a lost book is reimbursed should the book be found and returned in good condition. Debts remaining at the end of the school year may be returned in to the office and become a part of the student’s permanent file. Any items checked out at the time a student withdraws from school must be returned and paid for upon withdrawal.
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Lost and Damaged Books __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Dater Montessori School Media Center strives to provide patrons with materials that will enrich and support the educational program of the school. It is the responsibility of the school media center to provide a wide range of materials on different levels of difficulty, with diversity of appeal, and representing different points of view. The inclusion of any item in a collection does not necessarily mean that the media center or school advocates or endorses the contents of that item.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">The needs of the Dater Montessori School Media Center are based on knowledge of the curriculum and of the existing collection. These needs are given first consideration in the selection of materials used to enhance the classroom curriculum. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Dater Montessori School Media Center adheres to the Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education’s policy regarding selection of materials.
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Selection Policy __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Along with the guidelines outlined in the district’s policy, the following criteria are recommended as a guide to selecting the best resources for the library media center: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Literary and artistic excellence <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Lasting importance or significance to a field of knowledge <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Support of the curriculum and educational goals of the school <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Favorable reviews found in standard selection sources <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Favorable recommendations by educational professionals <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Reputation and significance of the author, illustrator, or publisher <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Timeliness of the material <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Contribution to the diversity of the collection <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Appeal to media center patrons <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">· <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;"> Suitability for intended use
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Selection Criteria __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 17.6px;">Because the media center strives to support the curriculum needs of the patrons, faculty members are strongly encouraged to take an active role in media center purchases. Requests for purchases are always welcome.
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Modern No. 20','serif'; font-size: 20.5333px;">Request for Media Center Purchases __**

=__<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Technology __= Students also have access to technology in the form of computers, educational software and Educational internet websites. The purpose of providing Internet and network access in schools is to support the District's educational objectives. Please see the District’s Acceptable Use Policy for Rules for Internet/Network Usage.